Economical feeder.



J. EEANE.

ECONOMICAL FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1914. u v

Patented Jan. 19,1915.

2 SHEEN-SHEET 1.

J. BEANE.

I ECONOMICAL FEEDER. Q 4 kPPLIGATIdN FILED JAN. 2, 1914. I I 1 125 044Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JAMES BEANE' OF CHARLESTON, VEST VIRGINIA.

ECONOMICAL FEEDER i I Application filed January To all whom it mayconcern Be it. known that 1, JAMES zen of the United States, residing atCharleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of :VVest Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Economical Feeder, of which the fol'lowing isa specification.

' My invention relates to hoppers for feeding dry mashand the like andhas for its object the provision of a. feeder of improved and simplifiedconstruction for the ends to be attained and which 'is convenientlyarranged for feeding poultry, etc.

It is also an object of my invention to combine withfmy feeder novelmeans for saving'all meal or other feed billed -or scattraps by thepoultry, and for makingit possible to conveniently restore such-feed toits proper compartment 'in the hopper.

Specification of Letters Patent.

BEANE, a citi* 1914. Seria1No. 809,892.

provided between the feed trap 5 and the Patented Jam-19, 1915. I

sides 15 of the feeder, through whichfeed billed out by the poultry mayfall to the feed-saving compartment immediately below. The hopper isprovided with an ele-' vatable roof 11, or cover, which is hinged orpivotally mounted at one side of they feeder framework by means of 'abolt 13.

The operation of the device is as follows:

as, for example, one for beef scrap; another for charcoal; another for'oyster shells;v a

' fourtlrfor grit; and a fifth for ground bone.

tered out ofthe feeding member or feed The mouth of the'h'opper chamber(or chambers) 1 is positioned a little'abovethe ob- *lique side of thefeed trap 5, so that feed is gradually supplied'and distributed by grav--The roof or cover l1 is swung open and feed 1s deposited 1n the varioushopper chambers. There may be one or more of these chambers,

ity as"i t is needed. The guard. member 3 Other objects ,of my inventionare set forth in the descriptive portion of this specification and theaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View;

of the invention Fig. 2 isa transverse sectional- View Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view' on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig.

4; is ahorizontal sectional view on line of Fig. 2.

Like characters of ,:-reference indicate like parts throughout the:several' views.

which are illustrative o converging walls 4,.and has a plurality ofhopper chambers 1, formed by vertical par} titions 7, for holdingdilferentkinds of feed.

Bexieath, themouth "of the hopper are feedv traps 5, to which :feed mayflow from the hopper to theportion of the feed trap acpreventspoultryfrom wasting feed. The

feed that is billed out: of the feedtrap 5 by the poultry passes through.conduit' 8 to the vertically corresponding feed saving compartment incatch panor drawer 6.

Thus a considerable economy of feed is effected. Whenever desirable, thedrawer; 6

may be readily Withdrawn bymeans of handle l2; the-roof or cover 11- ofthe hopper swung open; and the contents of the various compartmentspoured back into the corresponding hopperchambers of hopper H. Thereplacing of the feed inits proper receptacle. is thusaccomplishedconveniently by the one operation ofpouring .from the draWerB. r

In the preferred form of my invention,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

a device is provided which feeds from both cessible to the poultry. Aguard member 3' extends longitudinally of the feeder, spacedsubstantially apart from the feed trap, on-

each side, and disposed in an upwardly i nclined position, as shown inFig. 2, to keep food from being scratched out of the hopper.

sides of the feeder, thus doubling its feeding'capacity over that ofmost feeders. But,

it is of course within the contemplation of my inventionto provide a;form of my'device without this advantage, but which. otherwise operatesin a similar mannef to.

- thatset 'fort-h'above, feeding from one side In the base of'the feederis'a drawer 6, extending the. length of the devicev Itis divided intofeed-savingcompartments,

meansv of partitions 'i, to correspond in locatiop, viewed vertically',with the hopper over other'forms which I have devised of a chambers 1.;5 A handle 12 is secured "to'the sides of the feeder just above-thedrawer .6, as illustrated'in Fig. 2. A conduit is only, Changes in thearrangementof the feed-saving compartments or in drawer 6 may also bemade. The form of the invention above described I have, however foundto'possess distinct and important advantages similar nature. Variationsmay also be 2 the feeder is constructed; Galvanized ir'on is, howeverthe preferred material, as it is entirely sanitary, economical andadvantageous for this purpose.

' \Vhat I claim is: 1

-1. A poultry feeder comprising a series of hopper chambers havingconverging walls, opposite feed traps disposed in opposite,downwardly-inclined position for the flow of feed from the hoppers tothe outer portions of said feed traps, longitudinal, upwardly-inclinedguard members spaced substantially apartfrom the aforesaid feed traps toprevent wasting of feed, a casing to which the aforesaid members aresecured, a longitudinally removable drawer disposed in the base'of thecasing,

the aforesaid drawer having a series. of feed-saving compartirentspositioned with their walls in vertical alinement with those of theseries of hopper chambers operatively communicating thereto, each ofsaid compartments affording a common receptacle for overflow fromopposite feed traps,

and a pivotally mounted cover for the series of hopper chambers, wherebythe overflow feed in the series of compartments in the drawer may bepoured back into their proper hopper chambers by one operation.

2. In a feeder, the combination of a hop per having a plurality ofhopper chambers,

corresponding feedtraps positioned beneath the mouths of the hopperchambers and accessible for feeding purposes, a guard member extendinglongitudinally of the feeder, spaced substantially apart from the feedtrap and disposed in an upwardly inclined position to prevent wasting ofthe feed, a drawer in the base of the feeder, the aforesaid drawerhaving a plurality of compartments arranged to correspond in locationwith the hopper chambers, and conduits opening into the aforesaidcompartments from the feed traps, the hopper and drawer having theirrespective partitions between compartments disposed in verticalalinement, for the purposes hereinbefore described.

In a feeder, the'combination of a hopper having a plurality of hopperchambers,

corresponding feed traps positioned beneathihe mouths of the hopperchambers and accessible for feeding purposes, guard means feeder spacedsubstantially apart from the feed trap to prevent Wasting of the feed;means disposed parallel with the aforesaid guard means and therebeneathto guide feed in passing from the feed trap to compart-' ments beneath;and a drawer in the base of the feeder having a plurality of feed spondin location with the hopper chambers and in communication therewith, thehopper and drawer having their respective partitions betweencompartments disposed in substantially vertical alinement.

a. In a feeder, the combination of a hopper having a series. of hopperchambers, opposite inclined feed traps operatively associated therewithand accessible from opposite sides of the feeder, vertical partitionsJAMES BEANEQ Witnesses: i

Josnrrr A. BELL, v E. F. GOFF.

extending, longitudinally of the saving compartments arranged to corre-

